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' WINNETKA WEEK Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk LK 'Famous Negro School Minstrels To "the wants Tveiybudy ia VOL. VII, NO. 20. WINNETKA, ILLINOI S, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2,:1918 FOUR PAGE» PRICE FIVE CENTS TUSKEGEE SINGERS COMING IN CONCERT Appear At Community House on Wednesday, August 7 BENEFIT FOR NEGROES Institute in South To Receive Pro- ceeds Of Evening's Entertain- ment A company of Jubilee Singers from Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In- stitute, Alabama, of which the late | Booker T. Washington was founder, will appear in this Village, at Win- netka Community House, on Wed- nesday, August 7, at 8 o'clock. These singers have traveled over the entire United States, singing in the interest of their school of which they are graduates. Old Fashioned Songs The program to be rendered con- sists of the old fashioned plantation melodies, folk songs, dialect read- ings, and an address entitled, "The Story of Tuskegee Institute." The men are a highly trained group of singers and the community is to be given a treat in their appearance here. Tuskegee Institute has grown since 1881 from a shanty and poultry house to the point where it now has 110 buildings, large and small, 2,500 acres of land, and improved heating, light- ing and water system etc. There are forty distinct trades and industries taught to more than 2000 students annually by a faculty of 200 teachers and workers--all of the negroes. TURN FALSE TEETH INTO WAR STAMPS It sounds impossible, but "War Savings De Windt", otherwise known as H. A. de Windt, is again on the job sending out a letter stating that town who has unused false teeth, old gold or silver, broken jewelry, etc., even sil- ver plated tea sets, to send these ar- ticles to him and he will have them valued and return the cash equivalent in War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Everybody should respond to this call and get busy without delay look- ing through their bureau drawers, tin boxes, and any other repositories they use for storage purposes and pick out everything that Mr. de Windt's letter calls for. If you have not received the letter referred to, you can reach Mr. de Windt by telephone, Winnetka 27, or he will be glad to see you at his re- sidence, 593 Sheridan road. ANTHRACITE COAL SALES LIMITED; SHOULD BUY NOW In accordance with the Fuel ad- ministration ruling of July 18, 1918, the Winnetka Coal and Lumber company is now delivering but one- third of all anthracite coal orders, with the maximum tons wher one-third is more than that amount. Lal The best soft coal is now plentiful, it is said Cook County will receive only 80 per cent of Anthracite cgal and residents are urged to purchase soft coal without delay. amount of 15] View of Sheridan Road; to Be | Dedicated Here on August 10 through Winnetka will be formally dedicated with fine ceremony, Saturday, August 10, when the thoroughfare will be turned. over to the Sheridan Road Improvement association in accord- ance with the plan of converting that highway. throughout its length, in- to a state road. Ceremonies will begin with an automobile parade of 200 machines which will leave Chicago at the Art Institute at 1:30 o'clock in the after- noon. The parade will include an escort of a Great Lakes band of 60 pieces. At the Kenilworth limits the pro- cession will meet a drill company of jackies from Great Lakes at about 3 o'clock when the address of the oc- casion and the presentation of the "key" will be made. Village Official In Charge In the absence of Village President William D. McKenzie, the address and presentation of the key are ex- pected to be made by Village Attor- ney Frederick Dickinson or some other Village officials. Bertram Wins- ton, of Chicago, will receive the key as the representative of the Sheridan Road Improvement association. The key to be presented is of wood, wrapped in gold tape and bearing on the handle, several brass EWLY PAVED Sheridan Road | tablets, reminiscent of previous high- | ment, by a woman to be selected by way dedications. A feature of the ceremonies will be the symbolical removal of the last barrier on the road by the es- cension of a balloon, 8 feet in diame- ter, and bearing the inscription, in large letters, "LIFTING ILLINOIS OUT OF THE MUD". Two small girls will cut the balloon from its moorings. A note will be attached to the balloon requesting the finder to notify the Village officials of the discovery. The last vestiges of the "old road", a pile of earth, will next be removed with a silver plated shovel previous- ly used upon similar occasions. The Village representative will do the shoveling. Christening Ceremony Dedicatory ceremonies proper will highway by the breaking of a champagne bottle on the new pave- the Village ofhcials. Motion pictures will be made of the ceremonies, which are expected to appear in film weeklies through- out the country. The Winnetka Reserve Militia company will appear in an exhibition drill following the ceremonies, and a reception and luncheon will be serv- ed, probably at Community House, to 115 guests inrluding the sailors from Great Lakes. Problems confronting American medical workers in the dispensaries in French villages where thousands of mothers and children who have suffered disease and ill-health under squalid war conditions, are clearly set forth in the following letter from Madame Delebeque addressed to Mrs. Thomas Taylor of Winnetka. Madame Delebeque has been en- feaged in relief work in" French vil- lages for, many months and her words are weighed with actual.and valuable experience. Excerpts from the fetter read: June 23, 1718. [ am pleased to see that Winnetka FRENCH RECTOR TO PREACH AT CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY | Reverend S. N. Watson, rector emeritus of the American church in| Paris. will celebrate Holy Communion | and preach at Christ church, corner of Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue, at the 11 o'clock services, Sunday, August 4. Dr. Watson has been the rector of the church in Paris for a number of | years. His mission to the United | States is in behalf of the work for the relief of the French and Belgian | people. That Red Cross Pledge Residents have been requested to seni checks in payment of Red Cross | Pledees on the dates as provided for on their pledge cards, to F. O. Wet- more. Room 1219, 112 West Adams street, Chicago. The second payment of one- fourth is due today, August, 1. | | | our | | | | | | teeth fixed is still keeping up its interest and [that Mr. Delebeque does not stay in | the back row. Now Mrs. Taylor if | you will excuse my poor English, I { will write you something about our | work. Miss Vandken and I just re- | turned from our vacation of ten days and we are quite happy to be with poor people again, each and everyone of them means something to us; they | our hearts. | Someone said to us the other day, | "Do you think the work with these | people is worth while," We were and {are very glad to say our bit about it, jas we have been here nine months and naturally know Children Improve Our children have improved fifty per cent as far as cleanliness goes; ave have checked all these terrible skin troubles and all our children are free from any vermin in their hair. Our children are having their and filled. (This was started with the money Mr. Teney all have their place in| { lighter Medical Work Among French Women and Children Called Big Problem of War sent from the proceeds of Mr. Dele- becque's garden.) When the dentist is through his work the children re- ceive a toothbrush and are taught to clean their teeth and they come quite proudly with their little mouths wide open to show us how well they have kept it up. Is it worth while? Our children--I say our children hecause we feel as if we partially own them--are getting tonsils and] adenoids removed which surely is a| great improvement ; we see the dif- | ference and it is mighty touching to | have the mothers come and tell us how much better they are and what | lovely care they had in Toul, etc. Sometimes the fathers come in hig on furlough permission and say. "Mesdames, it surely is a comfort to | us to know that our families are ta- ken care of while we are in the trenches We, have good care, | 1 for we have doctors and majors right | with us.". People are always anxious | to work and do for the soldiers, but | very few think of our children and] wives. It makes our burden much and we thank you most heartily." One poilu said to me: "To, my mind, it is a great moral support | for our folks at home and a very! worthy work." Work Is Worth While Then there is the wage earner. A| great many women have to have operations. They say, "Yes Doctor, I| know, but I have one, two, three, four, five, or six children at home, | what will they do in the meantime, they must eat they must get home care at night when I get home." We soon found a solution for so vital a (Continued on page three.) GLENCOE Lall the. men _of Company" | appeal when the present supply of | soon will be | ton, RAVINIA IS GREAT PLACE FOR BOYS More than 16,000 Men from Great Lakes and Fort Sheridan Have Already Enjoyed Entertain- ments North Shore Residents Responsible for Splendid Success of War Re- creation Work By Bruce McLeish The coming week-end will be a lively one for soldiers and sailors at Ravinia Park. The Ravinia Club Athletics committee, Mrs. Ralph A. Bard of Highland Park, chairman, has planned an ambitious program for Saturday afternoon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock with an Inter-Navy basebal game between a Great lakes Regimental team and a team from the Municipal Pier. Following this there will be a drill of Cavalry from Fort Sheridan and a Horseback "Monkey" drill. Tugs of War, Sack races, Potato races, Pillow fights and other field day stunts will be in- terpersed with these main features of the program, and a 50-piece band from the Great Lakes naval training station will play during the after- noon. Glencoe To Entertain The Ravinia club, as usual, is in- viting all men in uniform to a sup- per of coffee, sandwiches, ice cream and cake. The supper hostesses this week come from Glencoe. Mrs. Wal- ter E. Perry is chairman of the com- mittee, and has chosen for her assistants, Mrs. William T. Johnson, Mrs. George J. Pope, Mrs. Louis C. Mowry, Mrs. Alired Washington and Miss Bessie Benton. Mr. George Horton is chairman of the Glencoe committee on ar- rangements, and will be assisted by 7. Illinois Reserve Militia, the Glencoe comp- any. The usual Ravinia club party for 200 men will be held on Saturday afternoon from 5 to 8 o'clock in the Casino club rooms, under the chair- manship of Mrs. Ford R. Carter of lake Forest and Mrs. J. Allen Haines of Winnetka. The regular opera begins Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock, presenting this week, "The .Love of Three Kings", which will be heard then at Ravinia for the first time. Sunday Big Day For Sunday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, the Ravinia club announces a Soccer football game between Chicago All Stars and the Great Lakes; and at 6:30 o'clock a Vaudeville in the thea- ter for 1,000 men in uniform, under the direction of Mr. Arnold W. Tot- man of Chicago, chairman of the Entertainment committee of the Ra-| vinia club. On Sunday evening again the Ravinia club invites all men in uniform to supper. Those civilians who have not seen the War Recreation work of the Ra- vinia club going on at Ravinia Park this summer have denied themselves a very real pleasure. Plans were laid at the beginning of the season for the entertainment of 4,000 men dur- ing the ten weeks of the season. The season is now just half gone and al- ready more than 16,000 men have en- | joved the entertainment and recrea- tion at Ravinia park, made available to them through the efforts of the women of the Ravina club and the generosity of the Ravinia company, which owns and operates the park. The generous response of the pub- lic, principally the north shore, to the appeal of the Ravinia club to buy tickets of admission for the soldiers | and sailors, provided free admission { for approximately 22.000 men in uni- form. Already further contributions [to the admission fund are being re- ceived, and there is no doubt that the public will respond again to the admissions The splendid ,work of the women of Lake Forest, Evans- Kenilworth, Park and Ravinia, who have already served as their guests at supper al- free most 14,000 men, has been beyond | sugar for canning. | alt praise. IS NEXT HOST is exhausted, as it| Winnetka, Rogers INDUCT LIMITED MEN; NEW DRAFT ON CALL First Group of 1918 _lass To Entrain for Jefferson Barracks, Tuesday, August 6 : SIX NEGROES TO GRANT Twenty-two Men Left This Morning to Train in Southland Six draft men in district No. 3, comprising the north shore and sur- rounding communities, placed in the limited service division of Class One, left at noon today for Syracuse, New York, to begin training for duty as guards and members of fire comp- anies at ports of embarkation in the United States. The group is the | first of the so-called "limited service men" to be inducted into service from this district. Their duties will not take them beyond the borders of the United States, according to the members of the local Exemption Board. The men in the order they were inducted are: Elmer J. DeWitts of Winnetka. Leslie Whitehouse of Glencoe. William H. Balmes of Winnetka. Otto Bremar of Morton Grove. Irvin A. Dilg of Morton Grove. August Fricke of Chicago. in which Twenty-two to Camp Jackson Twenty-two men left early this morning for Camp Jackson, Colum- bia, South Carolina, to enter general military service. The names of these men appeared in last week's issue of the paper. Six negro registrants will be fori ally inducted into service on Monday August 5, when at 7 o'clock for Camp Grant to general military service. Thes are: George A. Emerson of Glencoe. B. J. Emery of Glencoe. Leo Rause of West Kenilworth. of Glencoe). William J. Phelps of (formerly of Glencoe). Thomas Watts of Detroit (former- ly of Glencoe). 1918 Boys On Call The first draft of the 1918 regist- rants will take place on Tuesday, August 6, when nine men will entrain for the Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, for general military serv- ice. Just who the men will be had not been determined by the draft board late this week, but it was ex- pected that most of the group would comprise the newest registrants. Detroit a War Emergency Notes 2 ) "Maximum canning with minimum sugar" is the latest conservation slo- gan of the United States Food Ad- ministration. Reason For The Sugar Shortage 1. Loss of beet sugar factories in territory occupied by German army. 2. Shortage of sugar crop in the West Indies. 3. Direct losses because marine activities. 4. All available ships being used for transports. None can be spared to bring Cuban crop to us. We are at a common table with our Allies. If we serve portions, the supply will reach so that all may have a little. That is the situation in a wt shell. Wil lyou help? Housewives are being urged to can all possible fruits and vegetables, but to use little or no sugar. Sweet pickles and watermelon rind pickles might as well be omitted this vears. These pickles require a large amount of sugar on account of the ! presence of vinegar, and except for of sub- the sugar, they have nn more food | value than pickles. | Fruit juices for jelly stock and | other purposes can be extracted, steriliz- Large quantities can bottled in various containers, ied and sealed. | thus be economically saved. Jelly is made only as needed, | glases will be required since containers will be used again again. Use part white corn syrup and part 'The firmer fruits (Continuea on page four) fewer these and they will entrair Roscoe Baker of Detroit (formerly If the * a ms Ta,